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Travel Forum / Destinations / Asia / January 2006Indonesia - any experience buying furniture?
I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and have it shipped back to USA. It appears that there are quite a few manufacturers in Jepara that make furniture to order and ship it. If you have purchased any furniture in Indonesia and had it shipped home, I would appreciate to learn from your experience. Thanks.  SignatureManny Bhuta Randolph, NJ USA > I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and have it shipped > back to USA. It appears that there are quite a few manufacturers in Jepara that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks. Buy yourself a moisture meter and check moisture content in all furniture you intend to purchase. Do not buy anything with a MC higher than 7 %. This will also rule out what may appear to you as an 'antique'. When looking at 'antiques' many of the pieces are actually old, but most have been restored with bits and pieces from other old (recycled) furniture. Don't waste time admiring the surfaces....look under the table tops, look at the joinery and how well it is done. Keep an eye peeled for a sawdust/glue/stain mixture they like to plaster on to fill gaps, cracks and poor joinery. Expect that EVERY piece you see has been intentionally doctored up to fool you personally......be cynical and you may only be fooled on 4 out of 10 purchases. Good hunting.....Ken Thank you for some very good pointers. I will buy a moisture meter before going to Indonesia. 30 years ago, I bought my Rosewood living room furniture in Hong Kong. That experience was very positive. But, I can see your point and be very skeptical. SignatureManny Bhuta Randolph, NJ USA >> I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and have it > shipped [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Good hunting.....Ken > > I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and have it > shipped [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > you personally......be cynical and you may only be fooled on 4 out of 10 > purchases. Also consider that if you're shipping to the US it may go into quarantine looking for various critters. If they find even a hint of something they'll destroy it and charge you for it. > I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and have it shipped > back to USA. It appears that there are quite a few manufacturers in Jepara that > make furniture to order and ship it. If you have purchased any furniture in > Indonesia and had it shipped home, I would appreciate to learn from your > experience. I bought some stuff in lombok. on the way between mataram and lembar there are a few villages dedicated to furiniture ... packing and shipping easily arranged directly from the shop. check out in avance customs regulations in your home. this turned out to be expensive because i didn't have any idea ... I furthermore payed a lot of money for a certificate that the wood is not protected, which I didn't have from indonesia, so I hade to pay for it here in europe - should be much cheaper to get it in indonesia ... arranging shipping from home could be furthermore more convenient, becuase you could choose your operator instead of taking the one offered in indonesia - the problem is that you then do not know the partners they have back in your home ... Manfred Thanks for the advice. I believe the taxes and import duties in USA are but a small fraction of those in Europe. I have had furniture shipped to me from Hong Kong and New Zealand. Both times there was no duty on the furniture. But, just in case, I will check with US Customs before I leave for Indonesia. SignatureManny Bhuta Randolph, NJ USA >> I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and have it >> shipped back to USA. It appears that there are quite a few manufacturers in [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > you then do not know the partners they have back in your home ... > Manfred >> I am considering buying some hardwood furniture in Indonesia and >> have it shipped back to USA. It appears that there are quite a few >> manufacturers in Jepara that make furniture to order and ship it. >> If you have purchased any furniture in Indonesia and had it shipped >> home, I would appreciate to learn from your experience. Manny, your reply adress does not work, therefore my answer to your mail here: Manny Bhuta wrote: > Thanks for the advice. I believe the taxes and import duties in USA > are but a small fraction of those in Europe. I have had furniture > shipped to me from Hong Kong and New Zealand. Both times there was > no duty on the furniture. But, just in case, I will check with US > Customs before I leave for Indonesia. I did not pay duty, but since due to some problems while shipping, the goods arrived in my city rather late and I did have only one day to perform declaration. (in europe you have 10 days rom crossing the border until doing the declaration). since on that day there was no public service near the plac I had ma good then in quarantene, I needed to pay the customs office to do the declaration - this was rather expensive ... duty was then 0,5 euros or so ... another expensive thing was the "protection of species"-certificate to proof that the wood is not prtoected. try to get this in indonesia! - i just did not know that this is necessary. The customs officer asked for it ... no time to organize, no chance to look out for a best value certificate, which means I had to take the service they offered (rather expensive) ~ 100 euros for 2-3 minutes of checks ;-) talking with transport companies then here at home i found out that it would have been cheaper to organize also transport from home (it turned out that exactly this company did a lot of trade from indonesia to my city, so it would have been easy to put my stuff in one of their containers for a minimal fare ... well, nevertheless, i'm still happy with the staff I bought, it was good fun an all in all cheaper then buying out of the shelf furniture here ;-) Manfred |
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